Means for attaching devices to walls.



H. E. VAN ORDEN.

MEANS FOR ATTACHING DEVICES To WALLS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 26, 1914.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

...L/Z f f @Witwe/Joao HOWARD E. VANORDEN, OE EAs'i citation,Y NEW JERsEY, AssicfNoE OE ONE-HALE 'ro `j JOSEPH W. siNNorr, OE NEW YORK, N. Y. Y

`ivriiaNs EOE ETTACHING DEvicEs'io WALLS.

Patenteaiieb. 29, i916.

Application filed December 26, 1914. Serial No. 879,235. i

`Be it known that I, HOWARD E. 4VAN ORDEN, a citizen of the United States, and residing at East Orange, in the county of A Essex and State ofNew Jersey, have invent-v ed certain new and usefulImprovements in' Means for Attaching Devices to IValls, of which the-following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and v use the l This invention 'relates LAto means for at-V taching picture suspending `molding strips,

-base board finishing. strips and the like: to

walls, and the Object thereof is to provide animproved device or devices of this class which are eficient ink operation, simple in Y construction, and comparatively'inexpensive,y and which may be' easily applied for use; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists ,in devices Vof the' class specified, constructed as hereinafter described and claimed'.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, .of which the accom- Y panying drawing forms a part, in which the Y picture suspending molding strip; Fig. :2 aV

Y shown at ca a part ofk a wall Of a building or separate parts of my improvement are desi gi f nated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which;-

Figure l is a sectional :view showing my improvement applied. asv a support for a front' view looking inthe direction of the arrow of Fig. l, and with part'of the construction broken away; Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig; l but showing the improvement applied as means for holding or securing a base board kfnishiiig strip )or molding and, Fig. 4 an inner or front view looking in the direction of the arrow m2 of Fig. 3 and'with part ofthe construction` broken away.

In the accompanying drawing, 'I have a-wall of `a room or compartment in a building and: ati?) I have shown the plaster applied to thewall, and said-wall may be composed o'f brick, concrete, 'wood or any other suitable material. VI'ha-ve also shown at c VAapicture'suspendingmoldiiig strip and at d a base board `finishing molding strip, the base board being shown at c, and said base board e maybe lformed from wood, fiber,

metalor any other material.`

In the practiceof my invention, I provideY a sheet metal attaching strip f having. converging .side plate members f2 provided with in Figs. l and 3. The top side plate member f2 is provided adjacent to the angle where itr connects with the attaching strip f with a longitudinal slot h, and lI also provide aV bracket'V attaching device z', a number of t whichzareemployed and formedfrom sheet metal, andy consisting of a forwardly and upwardly curved top plate' 2 having a forwardly and downwardly curved flangev member '713, andprovided at its bottom edge with two/ p arallell downwardlydirected spring tongues 4 between` which the top member 2 is provided with a back-set and 'downwardly directed tongue member 5 which is adapted to' be passed backwardly and downwardly through the slot lz., as clearly shown in Figs. l and 2, andV which holds they bracket attachingdevice i in firm connection with the attaching strip y, and also in firm connection withy the wall", and, inpractice, the strip. f is provided for each of the bracket attachingdevi'ces with a central hole f4, and the tongue 5 with a corresponding hcle anda nail j is passedV backwardly through the strip f and tongue 5 and into the wall, andtheobject of which is to prevent theV bracket attaching device or devices a froinfbeing moved upwardlyor islied wall, or flush with the plaster las shown is provided at the bottom` thereof with a backwardly and upwardly directed spring flange c2 and at the top thereof with a backwardly and downwardly curved flange c3, and in attaching fthe picture suspending moldingstrip c to the bracket attaching de# vices 11 said vstrip is vmanipulated so as to pass the flange'c2 at Vthe bottom thereof beneath the flanges or hook members 6, and the top edge of 'the strip c is'fthen. forced backwardly and the flange member c3 at the vtop edge'thereof passes over and engages the forwardly directed flange member 3. of .the

bracket attaching devices z' and this securely locks the strip c in position, as will be readily understood, and in suspending pictures from said strip the suspending cords or chains connected with the pictures are provided with hooks which are passed over or engage with the top of the molding strip c in the usual manner.

In Figs. 3 and 4l I have shown my improvement applied as a means for attaching the top molding and finishing strip al of the base board e, and this construction is the same as that shown in Figs. l and 2, except that in Figs. 1 and 2 the top plate 2 of the bracket attaching device or devices z' is set forwardly to form a longitudinal space between it and the wall or the plaster o ofthe wall, but in Fig. 3 the top plate 712 of the bracket attaching device or devices c' ts against the wall, or the plaster b, and the bottom front tongue members 4 of the bracket attaching device or devices 2' are extended forwardly further than in Fig. l.

The base board nishing molding strip d is provided at the bottom edge thereof with a horizontal, or approximately horizontal and backwardly directed flange member cl2, while the top edge thereof is provided with a backwardly and downwardly directed flange member cl3, and in connecting the base board molding strip (Z with the bracket attaching device or devices, the flange member Z2 is passed beneath the tongue members t of the bracket attaching device or devices and the top edge portion thereof is forced backwardly until the flange member cl3 engages with the top flange member 3 of the top plate 2 of thebracket attaching device or devices z'.

With my improvement picture suspending molding strips of any desired shape or style in cross section and base board finishing strips of any desired style and shape in cross section may be employed, and while my improvement is particularly designed for the purpose shown and described the attaching strip f and bracket attaching devices z' may be employed for other purposes, as for instance, for securing chair rails or moldings to a wall, or as forming attaching means for various other objects, .and the strips 7 constructed and applied according to my improvement may thus be used for any desired purpose and, within the scope of the appended claims, the construction herein shown and described may be varied in form and details without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

VIt will also be understood that my invention is not limited to the bracket attaching devices z' formed and applied as shown and described, and said bracket attaching devices may be applied to, or secured to the strip f in different ways or means other than those shown and described, and pictures may be suspended from the strip f and other articles, ornamental or otherwise may be connected therewith without the use of the bracket attaching devices e'.

I-Iaving fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The herein described means for securing articles to flat plastered walls, comprising a plain strip of sheet metal having a flat surface adapted to be flush with the exposed surface of the wall and having rearwardly directed converging edge members provided with oppositely directed flanges, said flanges being parallel with said strip for snugly engaging the wall construction and said device being adapted to be secured to the wall construction with the strip thereof presenting .an unbroken surface and slots provided in one of said converging edge members for securing articles to the same.

2. The herein described means for securing articles to plastered walls, comprising a strip of sheet material having converging side edge members provided with oppositely directed flanges, the said strip of sheet material being adapted to be secured to a wall in a horizontal position and the top side edge member being provided adjacent to said strip with longitudinal slots,

qand bracket attaching devices having back tongue members adapted to be passed downwardly through said slots and front tongue members adapted to pass downwardly in front of said strip. Y

3. The herein described means for securing various articles to plastered walls, comprising a strip of sheet material provided with converging side edge members having oppositely directed flanges, said strip of sheet material being adapted to be secured to a wall in a horizontal position and the top side edge member being provided adjacent to said strip with longitudinal slots, bracket attaching devices composed of spring material and provided with backwardly and downwardly directed tongue members adapted to be passed backwardly and downwardly through said slots and other tongue members adapted to pass downwardly in front of said strip, said bracket attaching devices being also provided at the top thereof with forwardly directed flange members and said last named tongue members being also provided with forwardly directed flange members and molding strips composed of spring material and adapted to engage said flange members.

4. The herein described means for securing articles to plastered walls consisting of strips of sheet material having backwardly directed and converging side edge members,

1,173,398., y v` y said strips of sheet Amaterial being adapted In testimony that I claim the foregoing l).

to be secured to a Wall in .a horizontal posias my invention I have signed my name in tion and the top converging side member presence of the' subscribing Witnesses this being providei adjacent to said strips With 23rd day of December 1914. lonvitndinal s ots and bracket attaching dev Y vcs for securing articles to said Wall, said HOWARD E VAN ORDEN' bracket attaching devicesbeing adapted to Witnesses:

M be connected With said strip, substantially C. MULREANY,`

asshoWn and described. H. E. THOMPSON.

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